Potential buyers talked about building a deck to incorporate the tree and dreamed about living like the Swiss Family Robinson ...

Banyans usually grow on hardwood hammocks. They are considered a keystone species, essential to the hardwood tropical ...

The banyan tree is the oldest living one on Maui but ... is to help those aerial roots “bulk up and become the next stabilizer root.” The system will also irrigate the surrounding land and ...

“It might have reserves that the tree can pull out.” Wireless electronic sensors monitoring the banyan’s movement of water and nutrients from roots to limbs have been transmitting ...

There are also plans to implement an irrigation system that would ... through its vertical roots, Sparkman said. Related: ...

The banyan tree also holds a prominent place in Indian ... and animal species. The good root systems of the trees stop soil erosion and remain helpful in maintaining water levels underneath ...

An iconic banyan tree in an historic community south of downtown West Palm Beach likely dug its first roots into sandy loam during the early days of World War II, growing its leafy canopy this ...